Which to choose?

UnusualSuspect · 19 Mar 2007 at 19:51

I'm looking at moving from my stock CPU cooler, its long overdue so its about time.. yeah.. so I'm looking at the following:

Akasa AK-961

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7

The Akasa looks kinda cool, what with the blue glowy things.. blue glowy things are always nice... but the Arctic looks the business for cooling. So which is the better of the two? Is there any difference at all? Is the Akasa as good as the Arctic for cooling, or is it all looks and no substance?

I need something, the Geforce 8800 has decided to raise my CPU's temperatures just from the fact of being in the same continent, so its definitely time for some heavy duty cooling.

jongeeone · 19 Mar 2007 at 19:57

The ACF7 is the better cooler - a very good cooler i find indeed.

If you dont have a budget go for a Tuniq Tower as there the best but in all fairness the ACF7 isnt to far off

UnusualSuspect · 19 Mar 2007 at 20:02

No, cash ain't a problem.. that Tuniq Tower, theres no fan on the picture. Wheres it go? And what sort of results do you get from that? Actually, if anyone can give me more detailed results than 'this ones better than that one', I'd love to hear them. Amount of temperature drop over stock cooler, etc, etc..

jongeeone · 19 Mar 2007 at 20:09

Well the fan on the tuniq is actually situated in the center of it

im getting about ~50 degrees at 2800mhz with my ACF7 which i think is pretty good - not sure about the tuniq but i know people are getting pretty low temps.

Cupra · 19 Mar 2007 at 20:57

u should try a ninja im 36 on both cores idle e6600 @ 3.8ghz

Nick1881 · 19 Mar 2007 at 21:16

Im happy with my AC freezer 7. The ninja and tuniq do look good though, just bear in mind the size of them, ensure you have room.